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China's weather forecasters reluctant to confirm rumours of rain | Jonathan Wattshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2011/feb/23/china-drought-meterologists-forecast
As China is gripped by its worst drought for 60 years, stakes are high for meterologists, who are reticent about the forecast<p>Word has it that China's weather forecasters expect rain in the next few days, but they are too skittish to make an official prediction. That is understandable, given the stakes. Gripped by its worst drought for 60 years, the world's biggest wheat <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_wheat_production_statistics" title="">producer</a> is desperate for a downpour to avoid a crop failure that would have an impact on food prices around the world.</p><p>The challenge is evident from the burst of recent reports in the Chinese media about food, water and the environment.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2011/feb/23/china-drought-meterologists-forecast">Continue reading...</a>EnvironmentDroughtWaterChinaWorld newsChinaAsiaMeteorologyScienceAsia PacificWed, 23 Feb 2011 16:14:33 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2011/feb/23/china-drought-meterologists-forecastPhotograph: Stringer Shanghai / Reuters/REUTERSA farmer takes water form a dried-up pond to water his vegetable field on the outskirts of Yingtan, Jiangxi province. Photograph: Stringer Shanghai/ReutersPhotograph: Stringer Shanghai / Reuters/REUTERSA farmer takes water form a dried-up pond to water his vegetable field on the outskirts of Yingtan, Jiangxi province. Photograph: Stringer Shanghai/ReutersJonathan Watts2011-02-23T16:14:33ZTwitter gaffe: US embassy announces 'crazy bad' Beijing air pollution | Jonathan Wattshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2010/nov/19/crazy-bad-beijing-air-pollution
Unexpected phrase in US embassy's hourly pollution tweet gives its followers cause for amusement and concern<p>Since the US embassy in <a href="http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/" title="">Beijing</a> began tweeting hourly <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/pollution" title="">pollution</a> reports last year, I – along with many other smog watchers – have been horrified at the frequency of "bad" and "hazardous" readings.</p><p>But this week, the depth and murkiness of the haze was so appalling that the automated system briefly entered the realm of black comedy with a "crazy bad" analysis of our air.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2010/nov/19/crazy-bad-beijing-air-pollution">Continue reading...</a>PollutionChinaEnvironmentWorld newsBeijingChinaAsia PacificFri, 19 Nov 2010 16:21:51 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2010/nov/19/crazy-bad-beijing-air-pollutionPhotograph: Diego Azubel/EPATraffic clogs Beijing as a heavy haze hangs over the city. Photograph: Diego Azubel/EPAPhotograph: Diego Azubel/EPATraffic clogs Beijing as a heavy haze hangs over the city. Photograph: Diego Azubel/EPAJonathan Watts2010-11-19T16:21:51Z